The Hartford Courant reports that state Attorney General George Jepsen asked the bank Wednesday to explain how the Social Security numbers of state employees were released.

Rich Rochlin, a lawyer who is representing state employees accused of fraud, says names and Social Security numbers of about 90 workers in a state subpoena processed by the bank were released to other state workers.

Jepsen told Wells Fargo that state and federal law did not require it to disclose state subpoenas and that Wells Fargo could have redacted personal information from subpoenas it disclosed.

A spokeswoman for the bank did not immediately reply to an email Thursday seeking comment.